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Weekly Fraser Valley Sport Fishing Column

Sport fishing column for April 8 to 15, 2013

"One ancient angler was dozing, glass in hand, in a deep chair before a huge fire in a huge fireplace. Ed suggested he might be thawing out after a morning in the steam? We? took a little warmth ourselves while sorting out rods and gear to go out after lunch?

We fished the Home pool, the Twin Rocks and one or two other attractive pools? then came to the dam in a minor blizzard?

I worked very with snow on my face and my eyes half closed to it; but it was not the time and we went back to the clubhouse fishless? The ancient angler still slept in his chair, the fire still glowed and we needed warmth." This passage was taken from Roderick Haig-Brown's, Fisherman's Summer.

The season opener; be it ice-off or an official opening, it is an event many anglers look forward to each year. How far back do your memories of these events go?

Mine go back to the May long weekend in 1972, when I got to go along with the Chehalis Bowmen on their annual club fishing trip to Pinaus Lake. At thirteen years of age, a tried and true fish camp was a wonder to behold. It was also my first experience with fly fishing. There are other fond memories too; like the time I was invited to go along with the well know Hicks clan on their annual trip to Hicks Lake. Little did I know that three weeks after I fished and fellowshipped with the Hicks family patriarch, Frank; he would pass away. Then there was the time we did the father and son fishing weekend with my Dad's church. Three generation of my family were there; my Dad, myself, and my daughter; priceless.

What memories are you going to make for your children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews this year? Whatever they may be they will be remembered for generations to come.